Victória Lane Silva is a PhD student in the Department of Romance Languages - Portuguese, with a keen interest in Afro-Latin American literature. Originally from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, she has a deep passion for her hometown. In 2022-2023, she gained valuable experience as a Fulbright grantee in the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant program, serving as a Portuguese Teaching Assistant at UGA. Victória completed her master’s degree in Literature and Culture at the Federal University of Bahia in 2023.

Victória’s previous research experience has concentrated on the study of the African diaspora, Black feminisms, Black transnationalism, and translation studies. For her master’s degree, she analyzed and translated three scenes of Toni Morrison’s play Desdemona, with lyrics by Rokia Traoré, from English to Brazilian Portuguese. Her work integrated literary criticism with a translation grounded in Black feminist epistemology. Currently, Victória is interested in focusing on the literary production of women from the Afro-Latin Diaspora, exploring the similarities and differences in literature produced across diverse locales and languages.